Christian Detellier was born in Charleroi, Belgium. He received his licence en sciences chimiques in 1972 and his doctorat en sciences chimiques (in the field of physical organic chemistry) in 1976, both from the University of Liège, Belgium. He spent one year as an Institut français du pétrole ...
Christian Detellier was born in Charleroi, Belgium. He received his licence en sciences chimiques in 1972 and his doctorat en sciences chimiques (in the field of physical organic chemistry) in 1976, both from the University of Liège, Belgium. He spent one year as an Institut français du pétrole postdoctoral fellow at the University of Orsay, France, working on asymmetric catalytic synthesis. He returned to Liège as an assistant before accepting a one-year position as a visiting professor at the University of Ottawa in 1980. One year later, he joined the University’s Department of Chemistry as an assistant professor. He was promoted to associate professor in 1984 and to full professor in 1991. He served as assistant dean from 1992 to 1994, chair of the Department of Chemistry from 1994 to 1997, dean of the Faculty of Science from 1997 to 2006, acting director of the Centre for Research and Innovation in Catalysis in 2007-2008, and associate vice-president, research from 2008 to 2012.